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  1. arnabmit

    DRDO Multical Rifle Unveiled

    @Kunal Biswas @cobra commando @ALBY There was talks going on to introduce SAKO TRG bolt action 7.62x51mm (.308 WIN) sniper rifle. Any info/update on that?
  2. arnabmit

    DRDO Multical Rifle Unveiled

    Re: Successful user trial of MSMC This is MCIWS, not MSMC.
  3. arnabmit

    DRDO Multical Rifle Unveiled

    Then maybe @DivineHeretic? His specialty was metallurgy... or was it geology? :confused:
  4. arnabmit

    DRDO Multical Rifle Unveiled

    Could you, for our benefit, explain cold forging, hammer forging, and different other types of forging techniques?
  5. arnabmit

    DRDO Multical Rifle Unveiled

    Just for the sake of debate: Thermal sights are needed more now-a-days because: 1> War today happens mostly at night 2> CT/COIN operations happen either in urban or forested low light or high contrast light areas Also, distributed systems mean more bulk near the barrel (balance issue), more...
  6. arnabmit

    DRDO Multical Rifle Unveiled

    :( not liking it! Was expecting a single piece integrated solution like this:
  7. arnabmit

    DRDO Multical Rifle Unveiled

    Can you point out the laser transmit and receive reticles? It says it has FCC and FCC requires range finding. Or is there some IR based range finding mechanism?
  8. arnabmit

    DRDO Multical Rifle Unveiled

    Not a real issue, am just nitpicking. This is too boxy. All functionality and no aesthetics. Maybe they can get a fiber reinforced polymer or a milled aluminium body instead of a tin box. Also, where are the dual ports for the laser range finder? Or is it just a thermal sight? The text in the...
  9. arnabmit

    DRDO Multical Rifle Unveiled

    For peace time patrols standard issue is ±100 rounds. It is completely different when deployment is in a hot zone. Ammo weighs a lot and if soldiers lug around 1000+ round regularly, as you suggest, on top of their 40+kg field gear, it would be the primary reason of fatigue and burnout...
  10. arnabmit

    DRDO Multical Rifle Unveiled

    Yes. "... FCC required for grenade firing"
  11. arnabmit

    DRDO Multical Rifle Unveiled

    I was referring to barrel change between one caliber and the other along with the breech and bolt. Not changing one hot barrel for a colder one, which is the prevalent practice among SAWs. If you look at this picture, MCIWS in a SAW configuration does seem to have a quick-change barrel which...
  12. arnabmit

    DRDO Multical Rifle Unveiled

    What I read earlier, the barrel change would be done in the Armory, and not on the field. Infantry would be given 5.56 gun Squad Automatic Weapon would use 6.8 COIN/CT would use 7.62 Change in the Barrel/Breech/Mag would happen only if a soldier is reassigned. For eg. if an Infantry guy is...
  13. arnabmit

    DRDO Multical Rifle Unveiled

    Yes, it looks like floating short stroke gas piston. From whatever is visible from the pictures, I'm 90% sure about it. It would be something like this:
  14. arnabmit

    DRDO Multical Rifle Unveiled

    Sirjee, already answered in post #85 point 5.
  15. arnabmit

    DRDO Multical Rifle Unveiled

    At this point there is very less detailed information to make a detailed comparison. What I can say from the apparent features are this: 1> Both are based on the AR-15 design philosophy 2> Both use the short stroke gas piston operation, which is way more cleaner and more efficient than the...
  16. arnabmit

    DRDO Multical Rifle Unveiled

    4> is the charging handle without any doubt. The gun is disassembled using the front and rear take-down pins to separate the upper and lower receivers. (12) and (18) 13> This is the ejection port without a charging handle. The small piece of metal you are talking about is the head and ejector of...
  17. arnabmit

    DRDO Multical Rifle Unveiled

    My observations on the MCIWS: 1> Front and rear flip up iron sights. So it seems that IA is now serious about optics on regular issue infantry AR 2> This reflex sight seem to be the same one mounted on the Milap/MSMC. Is this a Meprolight? 3> P-rails finally on 3, 6, 9 & 12 o'clock. Maybe the...
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